A Tree in Paradise
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This world we live in is not at peace. We experience the result of greed, the desire to control others, wars, and rumors of war. From my travels, I realize that most people would like to just live their lives in peace and comfort, have a meaningful existence, support their family, love and be loved, and see their children grow to be happy and healthy.
The answer to a peaceful world with personal peace and harmony is to take a journey into your inner soul. Discover who you really areand that we are all branches on the same tree of life.
James R. Varner
James Varner was born in Bakersfield, California on September 25, 1940. Since his childhood he contemplated the reason to be, asking, What is this thing called life all about? His quest for answers has taken him on many interesting journeys exploring world religions and philosophies. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology/Anthropology in 1964 and a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1972. He served in the Peace Corps from 1964 through 1966 and traveled extensively in Europe, around the Mediterranean, Middle East, the continent of Africa, and Mexico always seeking to understand people and find the common core that links people together. He is a practicing architect living in Bakersfield, California and lives with his wife, Jean, and grandson Ashton. He enjoys writing short stories about family history, his life and the mystery of the mystical side of human nature.
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A Tree in Paradise - James R. Varner
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ISBN: 978-1-4897-0379-8 (sc)
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LifeRich Publishing rev. date: 12/08/2014
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dedicate this book to my grandson, Ashton Forest Varner. May he grow in wisdom and inner vision to see beyond the appearance of the material world and touch his oneness with the spirit of all life and all that is. May he come to know that he is an individualized branch of the tree of life and that the seed of creation is with in him ready to express.
John 15: 1-6
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that It may bear more fruit. You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine and you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned.
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My thanks to Aimee Hogan for her creative talent for the graphics